“ Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony. ”
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“ Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. ”
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“ A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. ”
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“ The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps. ”
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“ It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous. ”
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“ It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by then I was too famous. ”
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“ Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ”
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“ Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. ”
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“ There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. ”
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“ Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he’s supposed to be doing at that moment. ”
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“ Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings. ”
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“ It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. ”
- Robert Benchley- Copy
“ It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. ”
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“ Tell us your phobias, and we will tell you what you are afraid of. ”
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“ This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation. ”
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“ Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. ”
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“ Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. ”
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“ A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to button the top button, failing vision, shortness of breath, a tendency of the collar to shut off all breathing, trembling of the kidneys to whatever tune the orchestra is playing, and a general sense of giddiness when the matter of rent is brought up… ”
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“ The thing to do is to make so much money that you don't have to work after the age of twenty-seven. In case this is impracticable, stop work at the earliest possible moment, even if it is at a quarter past eleven on the morning of the day when you find you do have enough money. ”
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“ Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous. ”
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“ The pencil sharpener is about as far as I have ever got in operating a complicated piece of machinery with any success. ”
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“ There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. ”
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“ In America there are two classes of travel - first class and with children. ”
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“ Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted. ”
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“ Most of the arguments to which I am a party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about. ”
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“ Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted. ”
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“ Most of the arguments to which I am a party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about. ”
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